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discouraging

英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ]

美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ]

v.  阻拦; 阻止; 劝阻; 使灰心; 使泄气; 使丧失信心
discourage的现在分词

现在分词:discouraging 

TOEFL

BNC.18639 / COCA.14782

柯林斯词典

  • VERB 使泄气;使灰心
    If someone or somethingdiscouragesyou, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.
    1. It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
      万事开头难,别因此而灰心。
  • VERB 打消…的念头;阻止;劝阻
    Todiscouragean action or todiscouragesomeonefromdoing it means to make them not want to do it.
    1. ...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
      使购物和休闲活动化为泡影的台风
    2. ...a campaign to discourage children from smoking.
      劝阻儿童远离香烟的运动

英英释义

adj

  • depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
    1. where never is heard a discouraging word
  • expressing disapproval

    双语例句

    • It's a discouraging finding. But there's also some good news in this story: The brain can get confused in both directions.
      这是一个让人沮丧的发现。不过,它也带来了好消息:大脑可能在两个相反的方向上都会搞糊涂。
    • We need to make sure our'honking'is encouraging, not discouraging.
      我们要确保我们的话语是鼓励性的,而不是打击性的。
    • Equally important, it distorts the economy by discouraging adequate investment in either the agricultural or productive sector.
      同样重要的是,不论在农业还是生产部门中缺乏足够的投资歪曲了经济的发展。
    • Doing so you are discouraging us from further development.
      这样做只会影响作者在课程上的发展进度罢了。
    • Their attitude was very discouraging.
      他们的态度非常令人沮丧。
    • The response so far has been discouraging.
      答复到目前为止是令人泄气的。
    • She claims that our prison system seems to create recidivists rather than discouraging criminals from reoffending.
      她称我们的监狱制度似乎在创造惯犯而并非教导罪犯不再犯法。
    • Competition with others for standard outcomes can be discouraging for many children and therefore not helpful in their learning.
      与其他人进行学业水平竞争会使许多孩子丧失信心,这对他们的学习没有益处。
    • There are reasons for discouraging change when adverse economic impact far outweighs the advantages of change.
      这就是当不利的经济影响远远超过有利的变化的时候,阻碍变革的原因。
    • If you travel to another country you don't know, getting lost can be very frustrating and discouraging.
      如果你去一个陌生的国家旅行,迷路可能会让你很沮丧,很丧气。